India, March 13 -- The Government of India is implementing various initiatives to ensure affordable and accessible justice for citizens, including the Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice (DISHA) scheme, which aims to strengthen access to justice in line with the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
Under the Tele-Law component, citizens can obtain pre-litigation legal advice from panel lawyers through video or tele-conferencing using a network of around 2.5 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) operating at the Gram Panchayat level across 777 districts, including 112 Aspirational Districts and 500 Aspirational Blocks in 36 states and union territories. As of February 28, 2026, over 1.12 crore pre-litigation legal co...